Maybe no Roy he missed the last game with a hammy.
Blake and Howard are coming home. No not that Blake and not that Howard.
Howard actually started against Orlando.
They also have Blake on the injury list as of 1/16
Hey on any given night anything can happen.
Portland has recently beat. Dallas, the Lakers, SA, Denver. Pretty impressive.
But they have also recently lost to .. Phili, LAC, and Memphis
5-4 over the last 9 games. First game of their east coast swing for them.
Last east cost swing they were 1-3 They lost to NY on the first game, beat Indi, then lost to CLE and MIL
A nice two game win streak would do wonders for these guys right now as the gel behind AJ.
Can DS build on his recent success ? Since his last return to the stating line up he has been playing better and magically found something that looks like a 3 ball. It will be harder against an athletic ATL like PORT team but hopefully he can at least bring some D.
These kind of teams are usually tougher on CB also. Hopefully he stick to the spot up shots and lets the game come to him or else he will log a charge or two. We are going to need NY to show up. Nick like playing against other athletic younger teams. He is due for a back to back good outing. He does it about every 4 games. Last game was his 4th and he played well so this would he his two in a row game.
AJ seems to play well against them. Besides, AJ has been on a tear. Last year even without a center he played ok. McGee even played ok against them.
Last time we play them at home with CB, AJ and Haywood we did well. We had a starting line up of
AD, DS, CB, AJ, BH. Crushed them actually.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=271117027Still pulling for my Wizards to get this turned around. Coach us a good game Flip.